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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.9 - handling animals S6.9.1 - tending and breeding animals Control livestock disease
Description
Control the spread of disease and parasites in herds, by using vaccination and medication, and by separating sick animals.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 3 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 4 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 6 (Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers)
Essential for
- Equine yard managerEquine yard managers are responsible for the day to day running of the yard including managing staff, care of the horses, all aspects of health and safety and dealing…
- Livestock workerLivestock workers maintain the health and welfare of animals. They oversee the breeding/production and day-to-day care such as feeding and watering of animals. Duties Livestock wor…
- GroomGrooms provide practical daily horse care to ensure the horses health, welfare and safety.They take part in exercising horses, cleaning and maintaining the stables, buildings and t…
Optional for
- Poultry sexerPoultry sexers are specialists working in poultry farms determining the sex of the animals to separate the male from the female birds. Poultry sexers use two primary techniques fo…
Related skills
- Livestock
- Breed stock
- Operate agricultural machinery
- Maintain pastures
- Livestock reproduction
- Assist animal birth
- Animal welfare legislation
- Train horses
- Equine dental diseases
- Agritourism
- Animal nutrition
- Biology
- Livestock species
Last updated on February 18, 2026
